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Attorney Daniel C. Chill

Practice Areas

  • Corporate and Commercial
  • Governmental and Administrative
  • Trust and Estate
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation

Biography

C. Daniel Chill joined Graubard Miller in 1983 and is a senior partner in our litigation department.  He has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate and commercial, governmental and administrative, trust and estate, real estate and other litigation fields at both the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts and has served as counsel of record in more than 70 reported cases.  During his career, he has also served as a law clerk to the Hon. William H. Timbers, U.S. District Judge, District of Connecticut, in 1961, Chief Counsel, Minority Leader, 1969-74, and Chief Counsel to Speaker, 1975, of the New York State Assembly, Commissioner of the Legislative Bill Draft Commission, New York State Legislature, 1976-81, Chief Counsel to the Assembly portion of the New York State Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, 1981-present, and as a member of the New York State Real Estate Board, 1996-2000.  In 2004, Mr. Chill was appointed as a tenured Professor of Law and Political Science at Touro University, in which position he continues to serve.  He is a member of the New York City Bar Association.

Mr. Chill is AV® PreeminentTM Martindale Hubbell Peer Review rated.

Education

  • Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
    • J.D. - 1960
  • Yeshiva University, New York, New York
    • B.A. - 1957
    • Honors: magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 1961
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1963

Professional Associations

  • New York City Bar Association, Member

Honors

  • AV Preeminent Martindale Hubbell Peer Review rated

Classes & Seminars

  • Professor of Law and Political Science, Touro University

Past Positions

  • Hon. William H. Timbers, U.S. District Judge, District of Connecticut, in 1961, Law Clerk
  • Minority Leader, Chief Counsel, 1969 - 1974
  • Chief Counsel to Speaker, New York State Assembly, 1975 - 1976
  • Commissioner of the Legislative Bill Draft Commission, New York State Legislature, 1976 - 1981
  • Chief Counsel to the Assembly portion of the New York State Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, 1981 - Present
  • New York State Real Estate Board, Member, 1996 - 2000